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About Camp Chase

Camp Chase is a two-part old-time fiddle reel in A major — intermediate, running from C♯ to b and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Reel, two parts, each usually played twice
Key
A major · 2/4
Range
C♯ to b · first position
Notes used
C♯ D E F♯ G♯ A B
Level
Intermediate

Camp Chase — sheet music

A major · 2/4

The notes

Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line

E F♯ G♯ | A C♯ A B A C♯ A | E F♯ A C♯ B A F♯ A | E E F♯ E D C♯ D E F♯ A B A | E F♯ A B A C♯ d | e f♯ g♯ a e | C♯ a f♯ e d C♯ d e f♯ g♯ a b e | d b g♯ e d C♯ d | e a e C♯ a | a g♯ f♯ e d C♯ B A F♯ E | A B C♯ A B A F♯ A | E E F♯ E D C♯ D | E F♯ A B A

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Camp Chase — tab

Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it

Camp Chase — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|-------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|-------|-0-4-0-2-0-4-0-|-----0-4-2-0---0-|---------------|
D|-2-4-6-|---------------|-2-4---------4---|-2-2-4-2-0---0-|
G|-------|---------------|-----------------|-----------6---|
E|-----------|---------------|-0-2-4-5-0-|---5-2-0-------|
A|-----0-2-0-|-----0-2-0-4-5-|-----------|-4-------5-4-5-|
D|-2-4-------|-2-4-----------|-----------|---------------|
G|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|
E|-0-2-4-5-7-0-|---7-4-0-------|-0-5-0---5-|-5-4-2-0---------|
A|-------------|-5-------5-4-5-|-------4---|---------5-4-2-0-|
D|-------------|---------------|-----------|-----------------|
G|-------------|---------------|-----------|-----------------|
E|-----|-----------------|---------------|-----------|
A|-----|-0-2-4-0-2-0---0-|---------------|-----0-2-0-|
D|-4-2-|-------------4---|-2-2-4-2-0---0-|-2-4-------|
G|-----|-----------------|-----------6---|-----------|

Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.

Camp Chase — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|-------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|-------|-0-4-0-2-0-4-0-|-----0-4-2-0---0-|---------------|
D|-2-4-6-|---------------|-2-4---------4---|-2-2-4-2-0---0-|
G|-------|---------------|-----------------|-----------6---|
E|-----------|---------------|-0-2-4-5-0-|---5-2-0-------|
A|-----0-2-0-|-----0-2-0-4-5-|-----------|-4-------5-4-5-|
D|-2-4-------|-2-4-----------|-----------|---------------|
G|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|
E|-0-2-4-5-7-0-|---7-4-0-------|-0-5-0---5-|-5-4-2-0---------|
A|-------------|-5-------5-4-5-|-------4---|---------5-4-2-0-|
D|-------------|---------------|-----------|-----------------|
G|-------------|---------------|-----------|-----------------|
E|-----|-----------------|---------------|-----------|
A|-----|-0-2-4-0-2-0---0-|---------------|-----0-2-0-|
D|-4-2-|-------------4---|-2-2-4-2-0---0-|-2-4-------|
G|-----|-----------------|-----------6---|-----------|

Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.

Camp Chase — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|--------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
A|--------|-0-2-0-1-0-2-0-|-----0-2-1-0---0-|----------------|
D|-1-2-H3-|---------------|-1-2---------2---|-1-1-2-1-0----0-|
G|--------|---------------|-----------------|-----------H3---|
E|-----------|---------------|-0-1-2-3-0-|---3-1-0-------|
A|-----0-1-0-|-----0-1-0-2-3-|-----------|-2-------3-2-3-|
D|-1-2-------|-1-2-----------|-----------|---------------|
G|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|
E|-0-1-2-3-4-0-|---4-2-0-------|-0-3-0---3-|-3-2-1-0---------|
A|-------------|-3-------3-2-3-|-------2---|---------3-2-1-0-|
D|-------------|---------------|-----------|-----------------|
G|-------------|---------------|-----------|-----------------|
E|-----|-----------------|----------------|-----------|
A|-----|-0-1-2-0-1-0---0-|----------------|-----0-1-0-|
D|-2-1-|-------------2---|-1-1-2-1-0----0-|-1-2-------|
G|-----|-----------------|-----------H3---|-----------|

0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.

Camp Chase — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|-------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
B|-------|---2---0---2---|-------2-0-------|---------------|
G|-----1-|-2---2---2---2-|-----2-----2---2-|---------------|
D|-2-4---|---------------|-2-4---------4---|-2-2-4-2-0---0-|
A|-------|---------------|-----------------|-----------4---|
E|-------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
e|-----------|---------------|-0-2-4-5-0-|---5-2-0-------|
B|-------0---|-------0---2-3-|-----------|-2-------3-2-3-|
G|-----2---2-|-----2---2-----|-----------|---------------|
D|-2-4-------|-2-4-----------|-----------|---------------|
A|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|
E|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|
e|-0-2-4-5-7-0-|---7-4-0-------|-0-5-0---5-|-5-4-2-0---------|
B|-------------|-3-------3-2-3-|-------2---|---------3-2-0---|
G|-------------|---------------|-----------|---------------2-|
D|-------------|---------------|-----------|-----------------|
A|-------------|---------------|-----------|-----------------|
E|-------------|---------------|-----------|-----------------|
e|-----|-----------------|---------------|-----------|
B|-----|---0-2---0-------|---------------|-------0---|
G|-----|-2-----2---2---2-|---------------|-----2---2-|
D|-4-2-|-------------4---|-2-2-4-2-0---0-|-2-4-------|
A|-----|-----------------|-----------4---|-----------|
E|-----|-----------------|---------------|-----------|

Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.

Camp Chase — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-------|-0-4-0-2-0-4-0-|-----0-4-2-0---0-|---------------|
E|-0-2---|---------------|-0-2---------2---|-0-0-2-0-------|
C|-------|---------------|-----------------|---------2-1-2-|
G|-----1-|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|-----0-2-0-|-----0-2-0-4-5-|-7-9-11-12-7-|-4-12-9-7-5-4-5-|
E|-0-2-------|-0-2-----------|-------------|----------------|
C|-----------|---------------|-------------|----------------|
G|-----------|---------------|-------------|----------------|
A|-7-9-11-12-14-7-|-5-14-11-7-5-4-5-|-7-12-7-4-12-|-12-11-9-7-5-4-2-0-|
E|----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|
C|----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|
G|----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|
A|-----|-0-2-4-0-2-0---0-|---------------|-----0-2-0-|
E|-2-0-|-------------2---|-0-0-2-0-------|-0-2-------|
C|-----|-----------------|---------2-1-2-|-----------|
G|-----|-----------------|---------------|-----------|

Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.

Camp Chase chords

A major · 3 chords: A, E, D

pickup
A
A
A
E A
E A
A
A
E
E
A
A
D A
A
A
E A

One box per bar, in the same order as the sheet music. A faded chord carries on from the bar before.

Guitar chords for Camp Chase

Strings E A D G B E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

A×ED××

Ukulele chords for Camp Chase

Strings G C E A, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

AED

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Camp Chase

Strings G D A E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

AED

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This traditional setting comes from Jim’s Roots & Blues. The tune itself is traditional. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.

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